ንጉሥ
Amharic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś). Akin to Tigrinya ንጉስ (nəgus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɨɡus/
- Hyphenation: ን‧ጉሥ
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) m (plural ንጉሦች (nəguśočč) or ነገሥት (nägäst) or ነገሥታት (nägästat))
Declension
| masculine | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | ንጉሥ (nəguś) |
| definite subject | ንጉሡ (nəguśu) |
| definite object | ንጉሡን (nəguśun) |
| general object | ንጉሥን (nəguśən) |
| singular | plural | formal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| first person | ንጉሤ (nəguśe) | ንጉሣችን (nəguśaččən) | — | |
| second person | m | ንጉሥህ (nəguśəh) | ንጉሣችሁ (nəguśaččəhu) | ንጉሥዎ (nəguśwo) |
| f | ንጉሥሽ (nəguśəš) | |||
| third person | m | ንጉሡ (nəguśu) | ንጉሣቸው (nəguśaččäw) | |
| f | ንጉሧ (nəguśʷa) | |||
Coordinate terms
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt, “queen”)
Derived terms
- ንግሥት (nəgəśt)
Descendants
References
- Kane, Thomas Leiper (1990), “ንጉሥ”, in Amharic-English Dictionary (in Amharic and English), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Wolf Leslau (2000), Introductory Grammar of Amharic, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 7
Ge'ez
Etymology
Etymology tree
From the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) (plural ነገሥት (nägäśt) or ነገሥታት (nägäśtat))
Declension
Declension of ንጉሥ (nəguś)
| Number | State | Case | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative/genitive | accusative | |||
| singular | absolute | ንጉሥ (nəguś) | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) | |
| construct | ንጉሠ (nəguśä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ንጉሥየ (nəguśyä) | ||
| 2ms | ንጉሥከ (nəguśkä) | ንጉሠከ (nəguśäkä) | ||
| 2fs | ንጉሥኪ (nəguśki) | ንጉሠኪ (nəguśäki) | ||
| 3ms | ንጉሡ (nəguśu) | ንጉሦ (nəguśo) | ||
| 3fs | ንጉሣ (nəguśa) | |||
| 1p | ንጉሥነ (nəguśnä) | ንጉሠነ (nəguśänä) | ||
| 2mp | ንጉሥክሙ (nəguśkəmu) | ንጉሠክሙ (nəguśäkmu) | ||
| 2fp | ንጉሥክን (nəguśkən) | ንጉሠክን (nəguśäkn) | ||
| 3mp | ንጉሦሙ (nəguśomu) | |||
| 3fp | ንጉሦን (nəguśon) | |||
| plural | absolute | ነገሥት (nägäśt) | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) | |
| construct | ነገሥተ (nägäśtä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥትየ (nägäśtəyä) | ||
| 2ms | ነገሥቲከ (nägäśtikä) | |||
| 2fs | ነገሥትኪ (nägäśtəki); ነገሥቲኪ (nägäśtiki) | |||
| 3ms | ነገሥቲሁ (nägäśtihu) | |||
| 3fs | ነገሥቲሃ (nägäśtiha) | |||
| 1p | ነገሥቲነ (nägäśtinä) | |||
| 2mp | ነገሥቲክሙ (nägäśtikmu) | |||
| 2fp | ነገሥቲክን (nägäśtikn) | |||
| 3mp | ነገሥቲሆሙ (nägäśtihomu) | |||
| 3fp | ነገሥቲሆን (nägäśtihon) | |||
| plural | absolute | ነገሥታት (nägäśtat) | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) | |
| construct | ነገሥታተ (nägäśtatä) | |||
| With possessive pronouns | 1s | ነገሥታትየ (nägäśtatyä) | ||
| 2ms | ነገሥታቲከ (nägäśtatikä) | |||
| 2fs | ነገሥታትኪ (nägäśtatki); ነገሥታቲኪ (nägäśtatiki) | |||
| 3ms | ነገሥታቲሁ (nägäśtatihu) | |||
| 3fs | ነገሥታቲሃ (nägäśtatiha) | |||
| 1p | ነገሥታቲነ (nägäśtatinä) | |||
| 2mp | ነገሥታቲክሙ (nägäśtatikmu) | |||
| 2fp | ነገሥታቲክን (nägäśtatikn) | |||
| 3mp | ነገሥታቲሆሙ (nägäśtatihomu) | |||
| 3fp | ነገሥታቲሆን (nägäśtatihon) | |||
Descendants
References
- Dillmann, August (1865), “ንጉሥ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel
Tigrinya
Noun
ንጉሥ • (nəguś) ?
- Ethiopia spelling of ንጉስ (nəgus)